Record $600,000 Paid For Warhol Painting

NEW YORK — A painting by pop artist Andy Warhol sold at auction for more than $600,000, the highest price ever for a work by the painter, Christie`s auction house said.

The 1963 painting, ``White Car Crashing 19 Times,`` was bought Tuesday by a Swiss dealer for a record $660,000, almost double the previous high price for a Warhol work, said Christie`s spokeswoman, Lily Zimmermann.

The previous record for a work by Warhol, who died in New York Feb. 22, was $385,000, she said.